The 1966 riot at Compton’s, a cafeteria frequented by queer people in San Francisco in the 1960’s, holds a forgotten place in LGBTQ+ history. Like many LGBTQ+ meeting places at the time, Comton’s was frequently raided by police. One night, a transgender patron threw her coffee at an officer, inciting a riot, one of the handful of pre-Stonewall instances of resistance to police violence against queer people. The event demonstrates that important happenings are often forgotten to history when influential people are not involved.
Source: http://hoodline.com/2015/06/tenderloin-pride-remembering-the-compton-s-cafeteria-riot